[41.] This etymology is, however, erroneous, for the word is derived from oln or öln, and the true form of the word is ölnliðr = the ell-joint (wrist); thus we have ölnboge—the elbow; öln = alin (Gr. ὠδίνη; Lat. ulna; cp. A.-S. el-boga; Eng. elbow) is the arm from the elbow to the end of the middle finger, hence an ell in long measure.
[42.] Compare the Anglo-Saxon brego = princeps, chief.
[43.] Elder Edda: Grimner’s Lay, 13.
[44.] Elder Edda: Grimner’s Lay, 15.
[45.] Possibly this ought to read the ninth world, which would correspond with what we read on [page 72], and in the Vala’s Prophecy. See also notes. It may be a mistake of the transcriber.
[46.] Both these words mean sloth.
[47.] Elder Edda: Grimner’s Lay, 36
[49.] Elder Edda: Grimner’s Lay, 36.
[50.] This is the Niblung story in a nut-shell.